14th Rajasthan Assembly

14th Rajasthan Assembly
14th Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
Preceded by13th Rajasthan Assembly
Succeeded by15th Rajasthan Assembly
Leadership
Speaker
Deputy Speaker
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Leader of the Opposition
Structure
Seats200
Political groups
Government (161)
  •   BJP (160)
  •   NPP (1)

Opposition (36)

Vacant (3)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
1 December 2013
Next election
7 December 2018
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Website
http://rajassembly.nic.in/

The 14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly was elected in 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election.

History

Election

The results were declared on 8 December 2013.[1] Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot won from his Sardarpura constituency by a margin of 18,478 votes while Vasundhara Raje won from Jhalarpatan by 60,896 votes.[2] The election also recorded best and worst performances for the BJP and the Congress respectively in the state.[3] Influential Meena leader and MP from Dausa, Kirori Lal Meena received a big setback when his newly formed party, National People's Party won only four seats.[4]

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Summary of the 1 December 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− %
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 13,939,203 45.2 Increase10.9 200 163 Increase85 81.5
Indian National Congress (INC) 10,204,694 33.1 Decrease3.7 200 21 Decrease75 10.5
Independents (IND) 2,533,224 8.2 Decrease6.8 758 7 Decrease7 3.5
National People's Party (NPP) 1,312,402 4.3 Increase4.3 134 4 Increase4 2.0
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 1,041,241 3.4 Decrease4.2 195 3 Decrease3 1.5
National Unionist Zamindara Party (NUZP) 312,653 1.0 Increase1.0 25 2 Increase2 1.0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 269,002 0.9 Decrease0.7 38 0 Decrease3 0.0
Samajwadi Party (SP) 118,911 0.4 Decrease0.4 56 0 Decrease1 0.0
Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) 59,673 0.2 Decrease0.3 15 0 Decrease1 0.0
Other parties and candidates 479,700 1.4 Decrease2.0 573 0 Decrease1 0.0
None of the Above (NOTA) 589,923 1.9 Increase1.9
Total 30,860,626 100.00 2194 200 ±0 100.0
Valid votes 30,860,626 99.89
Invalid votes 35,113 0.11
Votes cast / turnout 30,895,739 75.67
Abstentions 9,933,573 24.33
Registered voters 40,829,312
Source: Election Commission of India[5][6]

Region-wise results

Region Seats Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress Others
Marwad 46 40 Increase 21 5 Decrease 15 1
Bagar 21 16 Increase 8 1 Decrease 10 4
Harouti 57 43 Increase 17 8 Decrease 11 6
Shekhawati 16 9 Increase 08 3 Decrease 01 4
Mewar 60 55 Increase 36 4 Decrease 34 1
Total 200 163 Increase 90 21 Decrease 75 16

By-elections

Composition

Rajasthan legislative assembly in January 2016
In 2013
Party Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 160
National Peoples Party 1
Indian National Congress 25
Bahujan Samaj Party 2
National Unionist Zamindara Party 2
Independents 7
Vacant 3
Total Seats 200

See also

References

  1. ^ "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". ECI. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. ^ "BJP decimates Congress in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh". Deccan Chronicle. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. ^ "BJP Creates History in Rajasthan, Wins 162 Seats". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. ^ Tiwari, Abhishek (9 December 2013). "Kirori Lal Meena's claims fall flat as janata sends National People's Party packing". DNA India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Constituency Representation". rajassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.